Coronado

I'm pretty sure I'm part of the most fun, crazy, wonderful family ever! My mom's family, the Whites (not a racist thing, that's just her maiden name)are all pretty close. Every other year we have a girls trip with all my aunts and girl cousins. It is such a blast. So far we've been to Memphis, Disneyland, Las Vegas and San Antonio. This year we went to Coronado Island, and let me just tell you, it was AMAZING! We stayed at the beautiful Hotel Del Coronado, and it was three days of laughing, sun bathing, walks on the beach, shopping, staying up late (for the daughters at least) and eating delicious food.

In front of the beautiful hotel. I can't wait to take Ben there someday. Notice the rose petals at the front corner of this picture, we sat on the beach and watched a wedding. Heather (red shirt, 2nd on the right) critiqued the bride's apparent lack of interest in her brand new husband (of two minutes) and we all enjoyed watching the waves. Ruby stopped digging in the sand just long enough to snap this picture.

Sadly, El and I were the only members of "The Hot Babes Quartet" (our exclusive gang, we made up the name in Elementary school). We missed Kelly and Ella so much!

My mom and sister in our hotel room. This place was seriously paradise.

All my fabulous aunts

On the last day there Erin went bike riding on the beach in flip flops. Her foot got stuck in the wheel and basically the bicycle won. We got her up to our hotel room and I started cleaning her foot, but I had basically no supplies. My mom went looking for supplies and the front desk sent their EMT up. The conversation went as follows:

EMT: Hey, want me to take a look at that?
Erin: No, my cousin is a nurse. She just needs some supplies. (Ah! Proudest moment of my life. Well, maybe not of my life, but at least of that trip! Let me clarify, I'm not technically a nurse yet, but I will be in December).
EMT: (Totally accepts Erin's response and starts handing me stuff)
Aunt Georgia (Erin's mom): Court, you are earning all those free dinners (Second clarification, when I have clinical in Salt Lake I stay at Georgia's house the night before, she cooks me dinner and breakfast in the morning. It's a pretty sweet deal).

Heidi piggy-backed her around for awhile and then we found this stray shopping cart. It was a perfect means of transportation for Erin. We got some interesting looks.The Whole Gang! I love you all!